| Abstract: | New methods of teaching linear algebra in the undergraduatecurriculum have attracted much interest lately. Most of thiswork is focused on evaluating and discussing the integrationof special computer software into the Linear Algebra curriculum.In this article, I discuss my approach on introducing the conceptof eigenvectors and eigenvalues, which I have used for the last3 years in my Linear Algebra course. I offer some examples onhow I have attracted the interest of our students via Hill ciphering,a method of cryptography. After emphasizing the effect of alinear transformation in a vector space and the importance ofeigenvectors, I show how students’ motivation and understandingtowards one of the abstract concepts in Linear Algebra; eigenvaluesand eigenvectors have grown positively. |
